Archive - 2013
October 23rd
Helping First Nation families understand what happened to their children in residential schools
October 23, 2013 - 7:11am | by brianbeaton'It was obviously a policy not to report them': New research finds at least 3,000 confirmed Indian residential school deaths
Colin Perkel, Canadian Press - 16/09/13
October 22nd
First Nations Health Authority in BC takes over from Health Canada to deliver all health services
October 22, 2013 - 8:45am | by brianbeatonB.C. First Nations set up own health authority, first of its kind in Canada
CINDY E. HARNETT / TIMES COLONIST - OCTOBER 21, 2013
Government continues to impose their way onto First Nations concerning education, resource management ...
October 22, 2013 - 8:37am | by brianbeatonFrom CTVNews.ca
Canada faces 'crisis' over aboriginal issues, Anaya tells the UN
Children look out from inside a building in the First Nation community of Pukatawagan, Man., located 900 kilometres north of Winnipeg.
Alexandra Olson, The Associated Press - October 22, 2013
October 21st
Mainstream media publishing and promoting racist opinions and ignorance against First Nations
October 21, 2013 - 9:16am | by brianbeatonWhat Does Rex Murphy Know About Aboriginals? Nothing
Jesse Staniforth - Journalist - Posted: 10/21/2013
This is a response to an op-ed that Rex Murphy published in the National Post today, October 19, 2013.
Canadian government transfers billions of public dollars to Enbridge and TransCanada without transparency
October 21, 2013 - 8:38am | by brianbeatonExport Development Canada: How billions are transferred to Enbridge and TransCanada without substantive disclosure
BY KIMIA GHOMESHI AND ANNA ZALIK | OCTOBER 18, 2013
October 20th
Government throne speech version of history makes First Nations invisible with their "seize the moment"
October 20, 2013 - 9:29am | by brianbeatonCanadian Government Usurps First Nations Land Rights. Oil and Gas Fracking supported by RCMP against Elsipotag
Seize the Moment, Stand with Elsipogtog
By Derrick O'KeefeGlobal Research, October 19, 2013
October 19th
First Nations uniting in struggle against abuse of power by government and corporations destroying the land
October 19, 2013 - 9:03am | by brianbeatonNew Brunswick fracking protests are the frontline of a democratic fight
Posted by Martin Lukacs - October 21, 2013
Images of burning cars and narratives about Canadian natives breaking the law obscure the real story about the Mi'kmaq people's opposition to shale gas exploration
October 17th
Government and industry use RCMP to attack Elsipogtog First Nation defenders of the land and water
October 17, 2013 - 9:02pm | by brianbeatonElsipogtog First Nation Sees Violence As RCMP Moves To End Protest
By Melanie Patten, The Canadian Press Posted: 10/17/2013
October 16th
Indigenous Youth Engagement Forum November 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2013 Nigigoonsiminkaaning First Nation
October 16, 2013 - 11:26am | by lauracalmwindFirst Nation asserts their right to own and control the education system for their children and future
October 16, 2013 - 10:20am | by brianbeatonPress Release